Skin Closure in Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy: Modern Tissue Adhesive versus Conventional Intracutaneous Suture—A Randomized Study

Table 2

Wound characteristics evaluated at postop. day 2, day 4 and at discharge (postop. days 4–8). The rating used (scale 0–3/0-1) for the various wound parameters has been described in “Material and Methods.”

Wound characteristics; (rated by scale 0–3/0-1); judged at postop. days	Tissue adhesive; 𝑛=32; Day 2, day 4, discharge : mean	Suture; 𝑛=32; Day 2, day 4, discharge : mean
Rubor [scale 0–3]	0.52, 0.55**, 0.48* : 0.52**	0.98, 0.75, 0.64 : 0.79
Secretion [scale 0–3]	0.33**, 0.38, 0.29 : 0.33	0.59, 0.12**, 0.03* : 0.25*
Oedema [scale 0-1]	0.00*, 0.00**, 0.00* : —	0.09, 0.08, 0.11 : —
Gaps [scale 0–3]	0.09, 0.34, 0.40 : 0.28	0.00, 0.00, 0.00* : 0.00*
Blisters [scale 0–3]	0.00*, 0.00**, 0.00 : 0.00*	0.16, 0.20, 0.03 : 0.13
Overall wound score; [average of all the above means; 0–3]	0.94**, 1.27, 1.14 : 1.12	1.83, 1.15, 0.81 : 1.26

Group comparisons have been made by Student (two-sided) 𝑡-test and Chi square test: ^∗∗𝑃<0.05; ^∗𝑃<0.10with the (*)-indicated group demonstrating favourable results.